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Qualcomm Headquarters & offices · San Diego, California
Qualcomm · San Diego, California
A 10-story headquarters with a seven-story atrium, a 534-seat concert-quality auditorium and a rooftop heliport — in the San Diego valley where seven founders started in 1985.
The headquarters, the programs and the road from Irwin Jacobs' den — then the business. Every number from Qualcomm's own filings and history pages.
- 534 seatsauditorium inside the headquarters
- 200+locations in 38 countries
- ≈ 52,000people, Sept 2025
- $44.3Brevenue, FY2025
Sources: Form 10-K FY2025 · Form 8-K, Q4 FY2025 results · Qualcomm history page (archived)
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THE HEADQUARTERS · SORRENTO VALLEY, SAN DIEGO
A tower with a concert hall inside
Qualcomm's headquarters building, known as N, opened in 2007: a 10-story steel building of about 474,000 sq ft designed by Delawie, with a seven-story atrium, a café, a fitness center, a courtyard with an outdoor stage and a heliport on the roof. On the first floor is the Irwin M. Jacobs auditorium — 534 seats with flown acoustic reflectors that let it switch between engineering lectures, digital cinema and symphony concerts. Next door, the 12-story engineering building W (2010) brought the campus close to a million more square feet.
- Building N, 2007
- ≈ 474,000 sq ft (≈ 44,000 m²)
- Seven-story atrium
- 534-seat auditorium
- Rooftop heliport
- Architect: Delawie
The campus on Morehouse Drive
Qualcomm offices elsewhere
Facts: Delawie project page (2007, 473,960 sq ft, auditorium) · Suffolk project page (10 stories, atrium, heliport, café, fitness) · BD+C, August 2010 (Building W). Photos credited on each image.
The San Diego campus
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Headquarters (N) | 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA 92121 |
| Engineering building (W, 2010) | Morehouse Drive campus · 12 stories, 411,950 sq ft |
Source: Form 10-K FY2025 (address) · BD+C, August 2010 · See them on the map ↓
Source: Delawie and Suffolk project pages · BD+C (2010)
Benefits (what the annual report lists)
An employee stock purchase plan, alongside stock awards and annual bonuses.
Retirement and savings plans, depending on country.
Paid time off and family leave.
Flexible schedules where the role allows.
Tuition assistance.
Employee assistance programs.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025, Human Capital. Qualcomm doesn't print the amounts in its annual report.
How Qualcomm keeps people, in its own words
About 6% of employees chose to leave in fiscal 2025.
Qualcomm's programs for health, wellness and time away from work.
Training, rotational assignments, and performance and feedback programs.
Employee-led giving committees, volunteering and a charitable matching program.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025, Human Capital
Who works here
full-time, part-time and temporary workers (Sept 28, 2025)
countries
founders, in 1985
employees in 1986
Source: Form 10-K FY2025 · Qualcomm history page · Wikipedia (1986)
Office history: from a den to Morehouse Drive
- 1985 A meeting in Irwin Jacobs' den
Irwin Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi, Harvey White, Franklin Antonio, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen and Adelia Coffman met in the den of Jacobs' San Diego home to start “Quality Communications”.
Source: Qualcomm history page (archived)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - July 1985 The first office, La Jolla
Qualcomm opened its first office in La Jolla and won its first contract that year.
Source: Qualcomm history page (archived)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2007 Building N
Qualcomm opened its headquarters building N on Morehouse Drive, with the Irwin M. Jacobs auditorium and an executive floor looking out to the Pacific.
Source: Delawie project page
Building N · Photo: Delawie (project page) - 2010 Building W
A 12-story engineering building, a chip-testing facility and a 4.6 MW co-generation plant were completed on the campus.
Source: BD+C, August 11, 2010
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - Today 5775 Morehouse Drive
Qualcomm's filings give its headquarters as 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025
Morehouse Drive, 2008 · Coolcaesar at en.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Map: how the headquarters moved
Qualcomm has never left San Diego: from a den and a first office in La Jolla to Sorrento Valley, a few miles inland.
- 1 · 1985La Jolla, San Diego — The first office (street address not published — marker at La Jolla)
- 2 · Today5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego — Headquarters
Addresses: Qualcomm history page · Form 10-K FY2025 · Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors
What Qualcomm does
Qualcomm designs the Snapdragon chips inside many of the world's smartphones, and increasingly cars and connected devices, and licenses its wireless patents to phone makers.
Two main businesses: QCT (chips) and QTL (licensing).
Where the money came from · revenue by business, FY2025
Source: Form 8-K, Qualcomm fourth quarter and fiscal 2025 results
Source: Form 8-K, Q4 FY2025 results · Form 10-K FY2025 · per-person figure calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
$23.6B → $44.3B
30,500 → 52,000
Fiscal years end in late September. Revenue and approximate headcount: Form 10-K for each year. Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
President and CEO.
CEO.
Son of co-founder Irwin Jacobs.
Founders: Irwin Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi, Harvey White, Franklin Antonio, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen and Adelia Coffman (1985).
Source: Wikipedia, “Qualcomm” (years) · Form 8-K FY2025
Qualcomm: questions people ask
Where is Qualcomm's headquarters?
At 5775 Morehouse Drive in San Diego, California, in the Sorrento Valley area.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025
What is inside Qualcomm's headquarters?
A seven-story atrium, a café, a fitness center, a 534-seat auditorium named for Irwin M. Jacobs and a rooftop heliport.
Source: Delawie · Suffolk project pages
Where was Qualcomm founded?
The seven founders met in the den of Irwin Jacobs' San Diego home in 1985, and the first office opened in La Jolla in July 1985.
Source: Qualcomm history page (archived)
How many people work at Qualcomm?
About 52,000 full-time, part-time and temporary workers as of September 28, 2025, in more than 200 locations across 38 countries.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025
How many people leave Qualcomm each year?
Voluntary turnover was about 6% in fiscal 2025.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025
What benefits does Qualcomm offer?
Depending on location: bonuses, stock awards, an employee stock purchase plan, retirement plans, healthcare, paid time off, family leave, flexible schedules, tuition assistance and employee assistance programs.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025
Who is Qualcomm's CEO?
Cristiano Amon, since 2021.
Source: Wikipedia · Form 8-K
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